Long before humans carved stone into gods, they carved meaning into animals. In Hinduism, animals are more than just ...

A Deep and Unshakeable Peace Settles Over Your Home Have you ever walked into your house and felt an instant sense of ...

Hindu mythology isn’t just filled with gods and goddesses it’s teeming with powerful animals that are not only companions but divine symbols of power, wisdom, loyalty, and strength. These animals aren ...

Visit any Shiva temple, and you'll find Nandi. Facing Shiva in the sanctum, Nandi's statue is placed outside the temple entrance or sometimes in the Navaranga. Why is Nandi in Shiva's temple?

Evrery evening, the sevayats dress the lingam with beautiful churnis ... whisper their desires into the ears of Nandi, who sits right outside Shiva’s sanctum. The temple’s sanctum is a ...

To avoid their entreaties, he took the form of a bull (some versions say Nandi himself ... The main sanctum houses a Shiva lingam that is revered as the manifestation of Shiva’s arms.

The temple complex is filled with various small shrines, ashrams, and lavishly decorated main pagoda-style temple containing a sanctified Shiva Lingam. The temple surroundings are teeming with ...

The Shiva Lingam is another sacred symbol of Lord Shiva, representing the divine energy and the formless aspect of God. It ...